function externalLinks() {
	if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return;
	var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
	for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++) {
		var anchor = anchors[i];
		if (anchor.getAttribute("href") &&
		anchor.getAttribute("rel") == "external")
		anchor.target = "_blank";
	}
}

// Dean Edwards/Matthias Miller/John Resig
// http://dean.edwards.name/weblog/2006/06/again/#comment5338

function init() {
  // quit if this function has already been called
  if (arguments.callee.done) return;

  // flag this function so we don't do the same thing twice
  arguments.callee.done = true;

  // kill the timer
  if (_timer) clearInterval(_timer);

  // do stuff
  domReady();
};

/* for Mozilla/Opera9 */
if (document.addEventListener) {
  document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", init, false);
}

/* for Internet Explorer */
/*@cc_on @*/
/*@if (@_win32)
  document.write("<script id=__ie_onload defer src=javascript:void(0)><\/script>");
  var script = document.getElementById("__ie_onload");
  script.onreadystatechange = function() {
    if (this.readyState == "complete") {
      init(); // call the onload handler
    }
  };
/*@end @*/

/* for Safari */
if (/WebKit/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) { // sniff
  var _timer = setInterval(function() {
    if (/loaded|complete/.test(document.readyState)) {
      init(); // call the onload handler
    }
  }, 10);
}

/* for other browsers */
window.onload = init;

// written by Dean Edwards, 2005
// with input from Tino Zijdel, Matthias Miller, Diego Perini

// http://dean.edwards.name/weblog/2005/10/add-event/

function addEvent(element, type, handler) {
	if (element.addEventListener) {
		element.addEventListener(type, handler, false);
	} else {
		// assign each event handler a unique ID
		if (!handler.$$guid) handler.$$guid = addEvent.guid++;
		// create a hash table of event types for the element
		if (!element.events) element.events = {};
		// create a hash table of event handlers for each element/event pair
		var handlers = element.events[type];
		if (!handlers) {
			handlers = element.events[type] = {};
			// store the existing event handler (if there is one)
			if (element["on" + type]) {
				handlers[0] = element["on" + type];
			}
		}
		// store the event handler in the hash table
		handlers[handler.$$guid] = handler;
		// assign a global event handler to do all the work
		element["on" + type] = handleEvent;
	}
};
// a counter used to create unique IDs
addEvent.guid = 1;

function removeEvent(element, type, handler) {
	if (element.removeEventListener) {
		element.removeEventListener(type, handler, false);
	} else {
		// delete the event handler from the hash table
		if (element.events && element.events[type]) {
			delete element.events[type][handler.$$guid];
		}
	}
};

function handleEvent(event) {
	var returnValue = true;
	// grab the event object (IE uses a global event object)
	event = event || fixEvent(((this.ownerDocument || this.document || this).parentWindow || window).event);
	// get a reference to the hash table of event handlers
	var handlers = this.events[event.type];
	// execute each event handler
	for (var i in handlers) {
		this.$$handleEvent = handlers[i];
		if (this.$$handleEvent(event) === false) {
			returnValue = false;
		}
	}
	return returnValue;
};

function fixEvent(event) {
	// add W3C standard event methods
	event.preventDefault = fixEvent.preventDefault;
	event.stopPropagation = fixEvent.stopPropagation;
	event.target = event.srcElement;
	return event;
};
fixEvent.preventDefault = function() {
	this.returnValue = false;
};
fixEvent.stopPropagation = function() {
	this.cancelBubble = true;
};

// http://www.dustindiaz.com/getelementsbyclass/
function getElementsByClass(node,searchClass,tag) {
	var classElements = new Array();
	var els = node.getElementsByTagName(tag); // use "*" for all elements
	var elsLen = els.length;
	var pattern = new RegExp("\\b"+searchClass+"\\b");
	for (i = 0, j = 0; i < elsLen; i++) {
		if ( pattern.test(els[i].className) ) {
			classElements[j] = els[i];
			j++;
		}
	}
	return classElements;
}

function getStyle(x,styleProp){
	if (x.currentStyle)
		var y = x.currentStyle[styleProp];
	else if (window.getComputedStyle)
		var y = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(x,null).getPropertyValue(styleProp);
	return y;
}